cornamuse Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 Bridge finished, apart from decking and graffiti. Going to look for some graffiti inspiration, I rather like that sort of public art! 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 (edited) Progress on vegetation… same as for smaller scale layouts- scatter materials and glue, but with large amounts of recycled camomile tea to eke out the expensive stuff. Smells nice, too when you put it on. I use this layer as the final contour of the ground, too. Eventually I will get round to individual plants, as they are very identifiable in this scale- but then I’d have to decide what time of the year it is! also, chalk pens have arrived, so the graffiti progresses. I can’t afford Banksy, so our dog Bailey has stepped up… Edited January 6 by cornamuse 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 Sing it with me… 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 2 hours ago, cornamuse said: Sing it with me… But I'm not a vole, I am ... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 Next project: possibly the world’s ugliest locomotive, the French answer to the Fairlies on the Ffestiniog. The Pechot-Bourdon locomotive used in the trenches during WW1. I love it, it’s so quirky, and it’s shorter than the Ffestiniog versions, which is lucky given that I have very sharp rad1 curves. Combination of 3mm mdf, which is cuttable with a Stanley knife, and card cut on my silhouette card cutter. Much easier to get it to do the complex shapes, then glue 4 layers together with superglue. Ends up as strong as the mdf almost. 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 I never cease to be heartened by the creativity that you put into your models; I would never have seen “old CV pop bottle” and thought “complex dome for Pechot-Bourdon”. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 22 minutes ago, Nearholmer said: I never cease to be heartened by the creativity that you put into your models; I would never have seen “old CV pop bottle” and thought “complex dome for Pechot-Bourdon”. much appreciated; the reality is that I am ham-fisted with any tool more complex than a scalpel or a pillar drill, so household junk is always being eyed up… plus tears of being a primary school teacher who delighted in junk modelling! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 So, guys… with tramway skirts to hide the lack of motion, or just assume inside motion and enjoy the connecting rods? I’m hoping that the overall look takes the eyes away from the lack of metalwork… option 3 is to try and bodge some out of old Hornby stuff? 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 It needs motion. If it has skirts it’ll look like a gone-wrong version of the German Fairlies, rather than a P-B. Even simply connecting rods and coupling rods would be better than nothing at all, and there is a mega-simple way to make trompe-l’oiel con rods and slide bars, requiring zero engineering precision. If you’ve got enough old Hornby clockwork ones, so much the better. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harris0169 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 (edited) Definitely agree on showing the motion. Even if it's just the coupling rods to start with. I think it adds to the view experience seeing things moving around. Tyler Falls Greendale double Fairlie for inspiration perhaps?: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1774508726114661/search/?q=fairley (Hope the link works) And a quick snapshot here: Cheers Andy Edited January 18 by harris0169 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harris0169 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Ahhhh...just seen in one of the photos there is a "skirts" version Fairlie type.... And this crazy Doo-dah (with covers like you show in your picture: ...Don't envy your choices! All the best Andy 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 So, progress on the locomotive… Taken the advice and working on outside cylinders, at a very basic level. 7 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harris0169 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Totally brilliant. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 (edited) Further progress… The power bogies, steadily acquiring odd bits to try Work on the cab too. Hard to get good pictures of the real cab interior, so I’m bodging it and hoping Pierre and Jean-Claude hide the worst of it! The dome looks better after painting, though. Edited January 20 by cornamuse 7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 Starting work on the top of the tanks. I know it isn’t quite right, but I’m going for neat and tidy. I can hide a lot of sins with the wooden briquettes that they ran on. 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 I wasn’t happy with the power bogies, so I have tried added some odds and sods. They don’t move, but maybe improve it. A bit of silver paint and black ink; hopefully it won’t be particularly noticeable once it is trundling round. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 First try at the horrific but iconic funnel. Need two matching ones and this is less than perfect, but a good starting point. The loco is going to be finished in “trench” condition- I.e. knackered, so it might actually do. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 You remember the geometry lesson you thought you would never need? Yeah, well.. google is a wonderful resource! It is starting to look like a Pechot Bourdon at last. For all its diminutive size ( 2/3 of the size of a Ffestiniog Fairlie) it will be my largest, most powerful loco. 7 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Pechot Bourdon should really be a dog breed, not a locomotive, but it is looking magnificent. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 24 minutes ago, Edwardian said: Pechot Bourdon should really be a dog breed, not a locomotive, but it is looking magnificent. Yup, something fluffy and daft. Kind of suits the loco really 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 (edited) Behold! The Great Vole! because every model railway needs a rodent high priest wielding a magical staff in their own henge, right? edit: apparently not all mushrooms growing in the garden are exactly edible 😛 Edited February 3 by cornamuse 4 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Don't know about anyone else, but in that last picture the stones look extremenly spooky. Barrow Downs vibes. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 (edited) A busy day procrastinating over and avoiding paperwork… Firstly, the tops of the tanks got an inside lip. Then I realised the lack of boiler was rather glaring, so I’ve attempted to put a hint of the top using fimo (set with superglue- works ok). Note to self: suck it up and make a boiler first next time, it’s easier… Then, as you can see, I decided to make the crew, as the fimo was out. Driver Jean-Claude (in the posh flared jodhpurs) and fireman Pierre need painting, but are ready to report for duty. Once I find out what colour the French military wore in the trenches. On a positive note, there is no need to add detail to the cabs, you can barely see in past the crew. Even more so if I add the curtains that I assume were for working in the dark. Edited February 3 by cornamuse 4 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted February 3 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3 You could have forage caps or tin hats, and the uniforms were pale blue. https://imagesdefense.gouv.fr/les-petits-trains-dans-la-grande-guerre 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 1 hour ago, Northroader said: You could have forage caps or tin hats, and the uniforms were pale blue. https://imagesdefense.gouv.fr/les-petits-trains-dans-la-grande-guerre I have based the uniforms on photos, with a couple of caps- one has kepi vibes. The French helmets looked a bit awful as a shape, but I really want a couple as bits on the tanks, with water bottles and tools and stuff. Thanks for the information, I’ll go dig out the paints; the gents on the photo I used looked like they had been sleeping in their clothes for a year or two. Given the circumstances, they probably had. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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